1997–98 2. Bundesliga

The 1997–98 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-fourth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

2. Bundesliga

Season	1997–98
Champions	Eintracht Frankfurt
Promoted	Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1. FC Nürnberg
Relegated	VfB Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena FSV Zwickau SV Meppen
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Angelo Vier (18 goals)
Average attendance	9,291
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Nürnberg were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau and SV Meppen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

League table

For the 1997–98 season SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09 and 1. FC Nürnberg were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Cologne

Cottbus

Düsseldorf

Freiburg

Frankfurt

Fürth

Gütersloh

Jena

Leipzig

Mainz

Meppen

Nürnberg

St. Pauli

Stuttgart

Uerdingen

Unterhaching

Wattenscheid

Zwickau

Locations of the participating teams of the 1997–98 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt (C, P)	34	17	13	4	50	32	+18	64	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	SC Freiburg (P)	34	18	7	9	57	36	+21	61
3	1. FC Nürnberg (P)	34	17	8	9	52	35	+17	59
4	FC St. Pauli	34	14	14	6	43	31	+12	56
5	FC Gütersloh	34	13	16	5	43	26	+17	55
6	Fortuna Köln	34	11	13	10	53	53	0	46
7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	13	7	14	52	54	−2	46
8	Energie Cottbus	34	10	15	9	38	36	+2	45
9	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	11	12	11	32	32	0	45
10	Mainz 05	34	10	14	10	55	48	+7	44
11	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	10	14	10	41	35	+6	44
12	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	12	8	14	44	47	−3	44
13	KFC Uerdingen	34	11	10	13	36	40	−4	43
14	SG Wattenscheid 09	34	10	10	14	41	41	0	40
15	VfB Leipzig (R)	34	10	9	15	31	51	−20	39	Relegation to Regionalliga[a]
16	Carl Zeiss Jena (R)	34	8	9	17	39	61	−22	33
17	FSV Zwickau (R)	34	6	10	18	32	55	−23	28
18	SV Meppen (R)	34	6	9	19	35	61	−26	27

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, and FSV Zwickau were relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. SV Meppen was relegated to Regionalliga Nord.

Results

Home \ Away	FCE	F95	SGE	SCF	SGF	FCG	JEN	FKO	LEI	M05	SVM	FCN	STP	SKI	KFC	UNT	SGW	ZWI
Energie Cottbus	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	—	0–0	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	4–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	4–1	4–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
SC Freiburg	2–0	2–0	0–0	—	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	5–2	2–1	4–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–3
Greuther Fürth	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0
FC Gütersloh	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	5–0
Carl Zeiss Jena	0–3	3–4	2–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–3	1–1	2–3
Fortuna Köln	2–0	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	—	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	5–2
VfB Leipzig	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–4	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1
Mainz 05	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	5–0	2–2	2–1	—	3–0	2–5	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2
SV Meppen	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–5	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	6–0	0–3	—	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–1
1. FC Nürnberg	3–3	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0
FC St. Pauli	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Stuttgarter Kickers	2–1	2–4	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–2	2–3	2–0	1–0
KFC Uerdingen	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	2–1	2–2
SpVgg Unterhaching	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–0	2–0	—	0–0	2–0
SG Wattenscheid	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	2–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	—	2–1
FSV Zwickau	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	4–0	0–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[1]

Goals	Player	Team
18	Angelo Vier	FC Gütersloh
16	Marco Weißhaupt	SC Freiburg
15	Sven Demandt	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Marcus Feinbier	SG Wattenscheid 09
	Rainer Krieg	Fortuna Köln
13	Daniel Stendel	SV Meppen
	Igli Tare	Fortuna Düsseldorf
12	Markus Beierle	Stuttgarter Kickers
11	Michael Wiesinger	1. FC Nürnberg
10	Steffen Heidrich	VfB Leipzig
	Adnan Kevric	Stuttgarter Kickers
	Abderrahim Ouakili	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Thomas Sobotzik	Eintracht Frankfurt